Tackling Resistance to PI3K Inhibition by Targeting the Epigenome

Publication date: 8 May 2017
Source:Cancer Cell, Volume 31, Issue 5
Author(s): Shany Koren, Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway inhibitors have emerged as promising therapeutic agents for estrogen receptor (ERα)-positive breast cancers. However, incipient resistance limits the clinical benefit. Toska and colleagues identified that the epigenetic regulator KMT2D enhances ERα activity in BYL719-treated PIK3CA mutant breast cancer, leading to a rationale for targeting the epigenome and PI3K signaling.

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Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway inhibitors have emerged as promising therapeutic agents for estrogen receptor (ERα)-positive breast cancers. However, incipient resistance limits the clinical benefit. Toska and colleagues identified that the epigenetic regulator KMT2D enhances ERα activity in BYL719-treated PIK3CA mutant breast cancer, leading to a rationale for targeting the epigenome and PI3K signaling.


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